Mental and Behavioural Disorders Child maltreatment
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
University of Oxford Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Parents and caregivers of children aged 2 to 17 years Aged 18 years or older Reside in South Africa Willing to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not a parent or caregiver Caregivers of children aged 0 to 23 months Under the age of 18 years Reside outside of South Africa Not willing to provide informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Positive Parenting: Measured using the positive involvement (1 item) and positive parenting (1 item) subscales of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) to capture the frequency of positive interactions between parents and children (response scale: 0-4, 0 = “never”, 4 = “always”). Items will be summed to create a total score for positive parenting. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parental Supervision: Measured using the parental supervision (1 item) subscale of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) to capture the monitoring of children (response scale: 0-4, 0 = “never”, 4 = “always”). ;Child Maltreatment: Assessed using a subset of items from the physical abuse (1 items) and emotional abuse (2 items) subscales of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool-Trial Version (ICAST-T), which measure parents and caregivers' behaviours indicative of physical and emotional maltreatment, respectively, towards their children (response scale: 0-8 or more times). Subscales for physical abuse and emotional abuse will be calculated as well as an overall score for child maltreatment. ;Positive Discipline: Evaluated using an item from the Parenting Young Children (PARYC) scale, which assesses frequency with which particular parental behaviours occur towards their children (response scale: 0-8 or more times). ;Father Involvement: Assessed using 2 items developed by the Global Parenting Initiative asking about fathers’ involvement with their children through their active participation in activities and their participation in decision-making processes (response scale: 0-4, 0 = “never”, 4 = “always”). Fathers responding to the survey will directly answer the two items based on their own experiences and perceptions of their involvement. Thus, their total scores for father involvement will reflect their self-reported level of engagement with their children. Mothers will respond to two similar items based on their perspective on the involvement of the father figure in their children's lives, which will be summed to create a total score for father involvement. ;Parent Mental Health: Measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4, 4 items at 1-month, 3-month and 7-months, and PHQ-2, 2 items at baseline), which assesses symptoms of depression and anxiety among adults (response scale: 0 = “not at all”, 3 = “nearly every day”). ;Child and Adolescent Behav | — |
Countries
South Africa
Contacts
Public ContactJamie;Hlengiwe Lachman;Gwebu
Professor of Child and Family Global Health;Senior Lecturer and Acting Deputy Dean at the University of Fort Hare
Outcome results
None listed